Hello everyone,
I’m new here today and am thinking about setting up ipfire on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B.
Now I’m wondering what additional hardware I need in addition to the Raspberry.
As I understand it, I need the following:
at least one USB network adapter like the RTL8153 is separate USB-to-Ethernet adapter
What I would recommend is getting a powered hub for the ethernet adaptors if you are going that route in building one.
I decided not to go that route since the 4th gen Xeon router boards are cheap on ebay and server recylers like the server store. It cost $60 for the motherboard on ebay, plus another $70 for a 40W processor. I also bought a complete 1U at the server store with the stock 80W that has a hotswap bay with 8Gb ram for $175 after delivery. I kind of consider it a wash with running the 40W processor because the power draw is marginally similar at the same speeds and I have 10Gb networking capability which the Pi4 would struggle on that.
Modern intel router boards are around $750 with processor if you want a current commercial solution. Which would be around a normal desktop computer build price (~$1100) at the end after a power supply and case, etc. is assembled.